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in this open seat-- open seat and when you have this many people, republicans are served that where michelle nunn waiting in the wings who is the democrat, daughter of sam nunn, that if they can't kind of get past this primary quickly and the problem for them is they need 50% to move on on the may 20th primary f they don't get 50%, almost nobody expects that they will, there is a july 22nd runoff. so a lot of time for nunn to then find herself tacked to the center while republicans fight it out. >> ifill: and a runoff in the dead of summer. does this shake down the way it does say in north carolina or other states we have been watching, tea party establishments, especially the evangelical. >> we have seen that at least in north carolina. you have tea party with branon you have evangelical. >> what about georgia. >> in georgia it's not quite so clean cut. because have more so there a lot of outsiders who are trying to take on the establishment a little bit more. but you know, these folks are, what republicans are worried about, were worried about is either brown or gingrey getting through bec
in this open seat-- open seat and when you have this many people, republicans are served that where michelle nunn waiting in the wings who is the democrat, daughter of sam nunn, that if they can't kind of get past this primary quickly and the problem for them is they need 50% to move on on the may 20th primary f they don't get 50%, almost nobody expects that they will, there is a july 22nd runoff. so a lot of time for nunn to then find herself tacked to the center while republicans fight it...
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from first lady michelle obama. to the pakistani teen-age activist malala yousufzai. to talk-show host and comedian ellen degeneres. to georgia congressman john lewis. >> we have to make it the biggest story in the world. >> brown: the online effort is :that social media campaign was started two years ago by the western group, invisible children, to raise awareness of alleged war crimes by ugandanç rebel leader joseph kony. but the drive to save the nigerian girls has also been criticized as being overly simplistic and ultimately ineffective. and, in a further twist, it turns out the young woman in this photo is not nigerian. in fact, she is from guinea- bissau. her photo was taken in 2011 for a reporting project unrelated to nigeria. all the same, the mass abduction is being widely condemned, including by islamic leaders. today, the top religious official in saudi arabia chargeç boko haram is misguided and should be made to reject its path. >> sreenivasan: california governor jerry brown is embarking on what is likely the final campaign of a political career that
from first lady michelle obama. to the pakistani teen-age activist malala yousufzai. to talk-show host and comedian ellen degeneres. to georgia congressman john lewis. >> we have to make it the biggest story in the world. >> brown: the online effort is :that social media campaign was started two years ago by the western group, invisible children, to raise awareness of alleged war crimes by ugandanç rebel leader joseph kony. but the drive to save the nigerian girls has also been...
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. >> and the key, thes are person she would be running against is most likely michelle nunn. >> former-- she is a democrat and the daughter of the former senator sam nunn. so you could potentially have two women squaring off against each other in that race. >> let's go to kentucky. >> so in kentucky alison grimes is witting in the wings against each mitchman con el or matt bevin. mccon sell expected to breeze past bev nin this race. of course mccon sell trying to become the majority leader, now he is minority leader. and alison grimes tied in most polls here. and she could be the first woman senator from ken you mentioned oregon. i want to skip ahead to the endangered democratic incumbents. in this case we're talking about women. north carolina, louisiana and new hampshire. >> that say big reason why democrats are so needing to push a lot of the issues related to women in particular because they have im-- women are really ree-- key here whether it is michelle nunn or alison grimes trying to win to take over a republican seat n new hampshire jean shaheen against scott brown. in north ca
. >> and the key, thes are person she would be running against is most likely michelle nunn. >> former-- she is a democrat and the daughter of the former senator sam nunn. so you could potentially have two women squaring off against each other in that race. >> let's go to kentucky. >> so in kentucky alison grimes is witting in the wings against each mitchman con el or matt bevin. mccon sell expected to breeze past bev nin this race. of course mccon sell trying to become...
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. >> woodruff: first lady michelle obama late today tweeted a picture of herself holding up a sign with the hashtag, #bring- back-our-girls jeffrey brown picks up the story here. >> brown: for a closer look at what nigerians make of all this and what assistance the u.s. can offer, i'm joined by jon temin, director of africa programs for the u.s. institute of peace. and heather murdock, who's in abuja covering the story for the christian science monitor. start where you. secretary kerry announced help from the u.s. he said, you're going to see a very, very rapid response. is it clear what that means? what is the expectation there? >> well, there's different expectations. publicly a lot of people are welcoming the u.s. thinking that if anybody can come save those girls, it is the u.s. there is? concern among security experts wondering if it could possibly escalate the situation and put the girls in harm's way. on the streets and protests most people are very happy that the u.s. is finally agreed to come and help them. >> reporter: this is a very small force, certainly for the moment not m
. >> woodruff: first lady michelle obama late today tweeted a picture of herself holding up a sign with the hashtag, #bring- back-our-girls jeffrey brown picks up the story here. >> brown: for a closer look at what nigerians make of all this and what assistance the u.s. can offer, i'm joined by jon temin, director of africa programs for the u.s. institute of peace. and heather murdock, who's in abuja covering the story for the christian science monitor. start where you. secretary...